There is cause. The player agreed to follow the rules when he signs up, if he does not, then HE violates the contract therefore diminished his own ability to make money.
Correct, and this works in reverse as well. The players have no right to diminish the schools ability to make money. Should players not be held to a standard and expected to abide by those rules, you could end up with a bunch of undisciplined athletes who, not only are a poor representation of the university off the field, but also athletes that lack discipline on the field. Which could end up resulting in, what I will call the U of M thug cycle, a downward spiral of revenues for the program. Which is every bit as a cause to make sure these kids stay on the straight and narrow. Also, just for the record NFL teams do pay attention to the on/off the field behavior of these athletes. I know that I have heard somewhere of some college athletes that are a risk in the draft because of their problems in college. So, I would think that college athletes actually could end up benefiting from the discipline handed down by college coaches.
Toliver has a broken hand because of the incident so I guess he is missing some practice anyway.:dis:
damn! he need to run till he drops. daily. if booze played a part in this, he needs to sweat out every last molecule!
Yes they do! When you accept a scholarship you are bound by the rules of those who represent the body you accepted the scholarship from, in this case its the coaches. They have EVERY right to completely and totally dictate what the players do, when they do it and who they do it with. If they dont want the scholarship they can do as they please but as long as they are getting compensated (in the form of FREE education and benefits) they are bound by whatever the representative of their donor demands. You sign a contract you are bound. All these players signed contracts when they accepted a scholarship. They are clearly bound by what the coaches determine the rules to be. Then go pro. Other then that they are bound by the rules of their donor....coaches.
